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Users => Vehicles - Helicopters => Topic started by: JamesPal on March 24, 2016, 05:47:30 am
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I'm using a Turnigy 9XR Pro with the original firmware driving an OrangeRX module with a 6 CH receiver. The cyclic and tail servos are all moving in the correct direction. I'm stuck (read confused) on the throttle setup. the TX is set for a standard 4 CH model with no swashplate or CCPM settings. This is a TAER radio. I have the three position switch set up on CH 5. CH 6 is just used as an AUX channel.
How is the throttle setup? I have run the GCS TX Setup Wizzard several times.
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Have you calibrated the ESC? I know it's simple but that's the stuff I trip over.
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Show us your uav. Maybe we can help.
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Have you calibrated the ESC? I know it's simple but that's the stuff I trip over.
So I think I get the big duh award for this one. My flight mode was set up on bank 5 and I had the ESC plugged into that slot. I moved it to Bank 6 and it is fine. TY- for the suggestion to look at the simple stuff...
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Show us your uav. Maybe we can help.
Dave I think I have correctly imported my uav file. It is the attachment. How do you view it?
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You can edit the uav file in almost any editor. Windows Notepad is OK. You might even view it in html if you click on the file.
Actuator settings: make more conservative (So that the servos don't go zooming, perhaps the wrong way in Swash Leveling routine)
1350, 1522 , 1750 or 1750, 1522, 1350 for the cyclics [0,1,2] maybe tail, [3] too.
Throttle curve: -- yours has throttlecurve1=throttlecurve2 (gotta have curve2 for negative pitch)
put this line in for curve2 in place of the one you have:
<field values="-1,-0.5,0,0.5,1" name="ThrottleCurve2"/>
Manual Rates: 220 vs 540 (you want to see some movement)
<field values="540,540,540" name="ManualRate"/>
<field values="570,570,570" name="MaximumRate"/>
220 degrees per second (rotational rate) is a very slow flip. My heli would probably need 30 feet to invert. But at 540 degree / second t handles fine. If that is too fast then lower your TX endpoints. I use 570 maximum so that the heli can provide a little movement of its own.
Flight modes:
I see you are set for 3 flight modes. You can probably get 6 flight modes by mixing. Change flight mode in the air (if possible) to compare different settings banks--there are three--and different flight syles: Acro+, Vbar, Rate, Rattitude, Weak Leveling, etc. If you are using a Spektrum TX I might be able to help with mixing.
Let me know if you have trouble editing.
I hope this answers your question.